The Stratagem and Other Stories.
Brighton, England: Temple Press Limited, 1990. First edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 110pp. Grey cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine. Includes the text of the three novellas by Crowley published in the 1929 First Edition: The Stratagem, His Secret Sin, and the Testament of Magdalen Blair, as well as a previously unpublished short story by Crowley, 'Which Things are an Allegory,' and a new introduction by Keith Rhys. Published under the imprint of "Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth." From the collection of English bibliophile and Aleister Crowley scholar Nicholas Bishop-Culpeper with ownership signature in pencil on the front free endpaper. Spine ends very lightly bumped, otherwise a bright near Fine copy in very lightly rubbed near Fine dust jacket. Item #39655
ISBN: 1871744105
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